{"id":21234,"date":"2017-05-14T09:47:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=21234"},"modified":"2017-05-14T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T14:49:51","slug":"donald-trump-y-su-propaganda-de-ajit-acion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=21234","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Donald Trump y su propaganda de Ajit-aci\u00f3n[:en]Donald Trump\u2019s Ajit (Pai)-prop[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:es]Amy Goodman y Denis Moynihan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c\u00a1Est\u00e1s despedido!\u201d. Cuando Donald Trump destituy\u00f3 al director del FBI<\/span>, James Comey, la noche del martes, fue m\u00e1s que otra de las chocantes acciones ejecutivas de Trump. Es escalofriantemente relevante la comparaci\u00f3n con el esc\u00e1ndalo Watergate, ocurrido durante la presidencia de Richard Nixon. Comey estaba investigando una posible conspiraci\u00f3n entre el gobierno ruso y la campa\u00f1a presidencial de Trump. Pocos d\u00edas antes de ser destituido, Comey hab\u00eda solicitado m\u00e1s recursos para la investigaci\u00f3n al Departamento de Justicia dirigido por el lacayo de Trump, el fiscal general Jeff Sessions. El despido de Comey por parte de Trump recuerda al despido por parte de Richard Nixon del fiscal especial independiente que investigaba el esc\u00e1ndalo Watergate, Archibald Cox, en lo que se llam\u00f3 \u201cLa masacre del s\u00e1bado por la noche\u201d.<\/p>\n

En medio del diluvio diario de esc\u00e1ndalos, hay un detalle que sigue siendo muy claro y trasparente: Donald Trump entiende el poder de los medios y lo emplea de forma implacable. Desde el anuncio de su candidato a la Corte Suprema en un evento intrigante que podr\u00eda haber sido tomado de un Reality show, hasta sus incesantes e inflamatorias publicaciones en Twitter, Trump manipula los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n y, con frecuencia, controla el ciclo informativo. Sus declaraciones impredecibles han capturado la atenci\u00f3n de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n corporativos, pr\u00e1cticamente llegando a un punto donde es lo \u00fanico en recibir cobertura medi\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n

Sin embargo, detr\u00e1s del caos que desborda los titulares, se van deshaciendo d\u00e9cadas de logros pol\u00edticos progresistas gracias al ej\u00e9rcito de conservadores que Trump ha reunido a su alrededor. En la Comisi\u00f3n Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC<\/span>, por su sigla en ingl\u00e9s), por ejemplo, el reci\u00e9n designado presidente, Ajit Pai, est\u00e1 haciendo todo lo posible para eliminar las normas que protegen la neutralidad de Internet, al tiempo que permite una mayor consolidaci\u00f3n a las grandes cadenas pro-Trump. Esto llevar\u00e1 a que tengamos un di\u00e1logo democr\u00e1tico cada vez m\u00e1s restringido en nuestra sociedad, reforzando a\u00fan m\u00e1s el dominio de Trump sobre el poder.<\/p>\n

La neutralidad de Internet es descrita por Free Press, organizaci\u00f3n que aboga por la democratizaci\u00f3n de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n, como \u201cla Primera Enmienda de Internet\u201d. Describe una caracter\u00edstica fundamental de Internet: que la informaci\u00f3n fluya l\u00edbreme y equitativamente en la web, sin importar su contenido. Por ejemplo, si se desea ver el contenido web de la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional del Rifle o de la Campa\u00f1a Brady para prevenir la violencia con armas, cualquiera de los sitios buscados se cargar\u00e1 con la misma rapidez. Los proveedores de Internet no est\u00e1n autorizados a favorecer a un sitio por encima de otro.<\/p>\n

Veamos otro ejemplo: muchas personas usan Netflix para ver videos en Internet. Pero imaginemos un proveedor de Internet con intereses propios en un servicio competidor de Netflix que decida enlentecer la descarga desde Netflix para frustrar a esos usuarios y conducirlos al servicio de su propiedad. Con normas de neutralidad aplicadas de forma estricta, este tipo de conducta ser\u00eda ilegal. En la Internet que est\u00e1 intentando construir Ajit Pai, ex abogado de la gigante de las telecomunicaciones Verizon, despojado de normas de neutralidad, probablemente este tipo de conducta desleal ser\u00eda lo habitual. Los sitios que cuenten con un fuerte respaldo financiero tendr\u00edan el predominio, y a los emprendimientos web m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os se les har\u00eda imposible competir con ellos. El dinamismo de Internet terminar\u00eda desapareciendo.<\/p>\n

Vayamos un paso m\u00e1s all\u00e1 con otras hip\u00f3tesis posibles. Imaginemos un sitio web activista dedicado a organizar la resistencia contra la prohibici\u00f3n a inmigrantes del presidente Trump. Actualmente, se podr\u00eda acceder libremente a un sitio as\u00ed. Pero sin la protecci\u00f3n de la neutralidad de Internet, nada podr\u00eda impedir que un proveedor enlentezca el tr\u00e1fico hacia y desde el sitio, volvi\u00e9ndolo in\u00fatil.<\/p>\n

Las normas de propiedad de los medios, que tambi\u00e9n son competencia de la FCC<\/span>, tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n en la mira de Pai para ser eliminadas. El 20 de abril, la FCC<\/span> vot\u00f3 3 contra 2 en concordancia con las l\u00edneas partidarias para suavizar las reglas de propiedad de los medios, lo cual desencaden\u00f3 una ola de concentraci\u00f3n de canales de TV en manos de unos pocos propietarios. Seg\u00fan informes, la corporaci\u00f3n de telecomunicaciones Sinclair Broadcast Group est\u00e1 intentando comprar el grupo medi\u00e1tico Tribune Media por 4.000 millones de d\u00f3lares, lo que le dar\u00eda control sobre m\u00e1s de un tercio de las estaciones de televisi\u00f3n locales del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n

Sinclair es mucho m\u00e1s que una cadena televisiva: ha explotado durante muchos a\u00f1os las ondas de radio p\u00fablicas para promover ideolog\u00edas pol\u00edticas de derecha. Craig Aaron, presidente y director ejecutivo de Free Press, dijo en una entrevista para Democracy Now!: \u201cDesplegaron una alfombra roja para el presidente Trump. Justo despu\u00e9s de las elecciones, Jared Kushner, el yerno y asesor del presidente, indic\u00f3 que hab\u00eda llegado a un acuerdo con Sinclair para obtener una cobertura favorable, en la que Trump saldr\u00eda al aire hablando a sus anchas sin interrupci\u00f3n. Ese es el tipo de cosas que han permitido. Han contratado a m\u00faltiples personas del c\u00edrculo \u00edntimo de Trump, portavoces del gobierno, para que salgan al aire, para expresar las opiniones del gobierno\u201d.<\/p>\n

Las cadenas de televisi\u00f3n siguen siendo la forma en que la mayor\u00eda de la gente obtiene sus noticias, especialmente aquellas menos conectadas a Internet, como las personas mayores y los pobres. Al apoyar a candidatos como Donald Trump, Sinclair tambi\u00e9n se asegura que no haya cambios dr\u00e1sticos en la ley de financiamiento de campa\u00f1as. Cada ciclo electoral, entonces, Sinclair y las otras cadenas televisivas cosechan enormes ganancias del flujo de \u201cdinero oscuro\u201d obtenido por la difusi\u00f3n de anuncios pol\u00edticos enga\u00f1osos. Esto genera un c\u00edrculo vicioso, que permite a las fuerzas antidemocr\u00e1ticas reforzar el control de los canales de televisi\u00f3n y, cada vez m\u00e1s, de Internet.<\/p>\n

El presidente Trump sabe c\u00f3mo usar los medios masivos de comunicaci\u00f3n y las redes sociales para manipular la opini\u00f3n p\u00fablica y atraer votantes. Pero Trump y sus funcionarios, como Ajit Pai, est\u00e1n aprendiendo que hay una fuerza m\u00e1s poderosa: el pueblo organizado que toma las calles. Trump puede despedir a individuos que pongan en riesgo su poder, como James Comey, pero no puede despedir a un movimiento social.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2017 Amy Goodman<\/p>\n

Traducci\u00f3n al espa\u00f1ol del texto en ingl\u00e9s<\/a>: In\u00e9s Coira. Edici\u00f3n: Mar\u00eda Eva Blotta y Democracy Now! en espa\u00f1ol<\/a>, spanish@democracynow.org[:en]<\/p>\n

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By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re fired!\u201d When Donald Trump ousted FBI<\/span> Director James Comey Tuesday night, it was more than just another of Trump\u2019s shocking executive actions. Comparisons to Watergate are chillingly relevant; Comey was investigating potential collusion between the Russian government and Trump\u2019s presidential campaign. Just days earlier, Comey asked the Justice Department, run by Trump crony Attorney General Jeff Sessions, for more resources for the investigation. Trump\u2019s termination of Comey echoed President Richard Nixon\u2019s firing of the special prosecutor investigating Watergate, Archibald Cox, in what was called \u201cThe Saturday Night Massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amidst the daily deluge of scandal, one detail remains crystal clear: Donald Trump understands the power of the media, and he wields that power relentlessly. From the announcement of his Supreme Court nominee in a suspenseful event that could have been drawn from reality TV, to his incessant and inflammatory tweeting, Trump manipulates the media and, more often than not, controls the news cycle. His unpredictable pronouncements have captured the attention of the corporate media, almost to the point where very little else is covered.<\/p>\n

Behind the headline-grabbing chaos, though, decades of progressive policy achievements are being quietly undone by the army of loyalists that Trump is assembling around him. Over at the Federal Communications Commission, for example, newly installed Chairman Ajit Pai is doing everything he can to eliminate rules protecting net neutrality on the internet, while allowing big, pro-Trump broadcasters to further consolidate. This will lead to increasingly restricted democratic dialogue in our society, further strengthening Trump\u2019s grip on power.<\/p>\n

Net neutrality is described by the media advocacy organization Free Press as \u201cthe First Amendment of the internet.\u201d It describes a fundamental feature of the internet, allowing information to flow freely and equally over the web, regardless of its content. For example, whether you want to view web content from the National Rifle Association or the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the site you are seeking will load equally quickly. The ISPs are not allowed to favor one site over another.<\/p>\n

Take another example: Many people watch video on the internet using Netflix. But imagine an ISP<\/span> with ownership interest in another, competing service deciding to slow down Netflix in order to frustrate those users and drive them to its service. With strictly enforced net neutrality rules, this type of conduct would be illegal. In the internet that Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, is trying to construct, with net neutrality rules scrapped, it would likely become the norm. Extremely well-funded, incumbent sites would dominate, while smaller, startup web ventures would find it impossible to compete. The internet\u2019s dynamism would disappear.<\/p>\n

To take the hypotheticals one step further, imagine an activist website dedicated to organizing resistance to President Trump\u2019s immigrant ban. Such a site, now, would be freely accessible. But without the protection of net neutrality, there would be nothing to stop an ISP<\/span> from slowing down traffic to and from the site, rendering it useless.<\/p>\n

Broadcast ownership rules, also under the FCC\u2019s purview, are being targeted for elimination by Pai as well. On April 20, the FCC<\/span> voted 3-2 along partisan lines to relax broadcast ownership rules, unleashing a wave of TV station ownership consolidation. The Sinclair Broadcast Group is reportedly attempting to purchase Tribune Media for $4 billion, giving it control of more than a third of the country\u2019s local TV stations.<\/p>\n

Sinclair is more than just a TV network, though: It has for many years exploited the public airwaves to promote a right-wing political agenda. \u201cThey\u2019ve rolled out the red carpet for President Trump,\u201d Craig Aaron, president and CEO<\/span> of Free Press, said on the \u201cDemocracy Now!\u201d news hour. \u201cRight after the election, Jared Kushner, the president\u2019s son-in-law and adviser, indicated that he had struck a deal with Sinclair for favorable coverage, where they would air Trump speaking at length without interruption. … They\u2019ve hired multiple Trump spokespeople, mouthpieces from the administration, to come on the air, give the administration\u2019s views.\u201d<\/p>\n

Broadcast networks are still the way that most people get their news, especially those who are less internet-connected, like older people and the poor. By supporting candidates like Donald Trump, Sinclair also ensures there will be no drastic changes to campaign finance law. Every election cycle, then, Sinclair and other broadcasters reap huge windfalls from the flood of dark money spent on broadcast airtime to disseminate misleading political ads. This creates a vicious cycle, allowing anti-democratic (small \u201cd\u201d democratic, that is) forces to tighten control of the broadcast networks and, increasingly, the internet.<\/p>\n

President Trump knows how to use the mass media, and social media, to manipulate public opinion and sway voters. But Trump, and appointees like Ajit Pai, are learning that there is a force more powerful: organized people, taking to the streets. Trump can fire individuals who threaten his power, like James Comey. But he can\u2019t fire a movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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